“You know, people come up to me saying, 'Watching you gave me the courage to come out to my parents,' or, 'I watched you and I decided to start doing drag,' or, people will just come up and say, 'It's you.' Like they can't even form sentences because they're crying because they're seeing someone they admired on television.”

American drag queen, comedian and actor

Bob the Drag Queen, also known as Caldwell Tidicue and Christopher Delmar Caldwell, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, activist, musician, author, podcaster, and reality television personality. He is best known for winning season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race. After that win, he moved into acting and appeared in High Maintenance, Tales of the City, and A Black Lady Sketch Show. In 2020, he co-hosted We're Here on HBO with Eureka O'Hara and Shangela. His debut novel, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, was published in 2025, and by 2026 he had become the first Black RuPaul's Drag Race competitor to pass 2 million Instagram followers.